Re: Ethernet Adaptors

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From: Oliver Smith
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:54

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Brian R Gunn (gunnbr@o231-12) wrote:
: Julian Warren (jwarren@tazzy.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: : All that is required is the writing of a SanaII device driver (way beyond my
: : capability) and these low cost devices would then be within the grasp of the
: : Amiga community. 

: I looked into this, but the SCSI ethernet adapters that I saw (for the
: Mac) were around $300, so not a lot would be gained by that (except
: that then I could have ethernet on my 500....)  The other problem is
: getting information out of the manufacturer that will allow the driver
: to be written.  (But you do have a good idea....)

: : There are a wealth of cheap PC parallel adaptors out there.

: I haven't seen any of these.  What's the price range on them?

There is some stuff in hard/misc on Aminet (download the hard/INDEX file)
which explains how to build the equivalent piece of equipment for
the Amiga. No idea about drivers though.

Oliver

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